Description: A landmark event: the complete Hebrew Bible in the award-winning translation that delivers the stunning literary power of the original.
Brief description: Robert Alter's translation of the Hebrew Bible, the magnificent capstone to a lifetime of distinguished scholarly work, has won the PEN Center Literary Award for Translation. His immense achievements in scholarship ranging from the eighteenth-century European novel to contemporary Hebrew and American literature earned Alter the Robert Kirsch Award for Lifetime Achievement from the Los Angeles Times. A member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society, Alter is the Class of 1937 Professor of Hebrew and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Berkeley.
Review Quotes: [Alter's] achievement is monumental, marked by literary grace and intelligent commentary.-- "New York Times Book Review"